It appears that the news media is partially to blame for the continuing decline of the U.S. Postal Service. The bad news about its future came yesterday during a Senate subcommittee hearing on the financial future of the Postal Service. There’s an interesting nugget in the prepared testimony of Phillip Herr, the Government Accountability Office’sRead… Read more »
adrielhampton.com – Seems that one of the perfect uses of social media and Web 2.0-style collaboration in local government is in economic development. I’ve very interested in your thoughts, from regulatory issues to customer growth, how can Government 2.0 help small and emerging businesses do better? Locally, I’m working with social media friends to putRead… Read more »
I’m not asking folks to say ‘Oh yeah I’m on Twitter and I have a clearance!” but what I am trying to find out is whether it’s true that being on Twitter will jeopardize one’s security clearance, as several people in a workshop I’m at today said was true. Or any social media group, forRead… Read more »
Click here to read the full blog post: http://experiencematters.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/leadership-insights-from-obama%e2%80%99s-inauguration-speech/ This post has an interesting take on how brand promise was incorporated into Obama’s inaguration address, which will in turn shape overall strategic direction of the adminstration. Quick snackable leadership tips in the blog included: 1. Communicate reality; transparency is key 2. Employee engagement is criticalRead… Read more »
I find myself repeating an amazing statistic a lot recently: the fastest-growing group on Facebook is people 35-54 years old. Guess how much that group grew in the past 6 months? (no peeking) 76% 176% 276% And the answer is … 276% according to Peter Corbett at iStrategyLabs, who’s been tracking Facebook stats. Think aboutRead… Read more »
The text of this Press Release appeared in the 1/26/09 Federal Register and would seem to begin the process for the issuance of a formal OMB Circular promoting government communication by Web 2.0 technologies: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release January 21, 2009 January 21, 2009 MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADSRead… Read more »
I created and sent out this press release early this morning. Hope you find it entertaining and useful. And pass along to any journalist friends you have. ———————————————————- To New Obama Staff – Stuck in Tech Dark Ages? Join The Golden Age on GovLoop.com The Obama campaign utilized the most modern and sophisticated technologies availableRead… Read more »
This is a response to a request for help posted in a discussion forum over in the Gov’t 2.0 Club group. If you would’ve commented on this, please do it over there so we can keep the good ideas in one place. Hi Amanda. Have you heard of the “social media release”? The concept isRead… Read more »
A couple of posts ago, I said I’d discuss Tweetburner, which produces short URLs at twurl.com. I have a free couple of minutes, so here we go. There are many services out there now that will shorten a URL for you, so some hideous mess like this one from EPA’s news releases database: http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/2297c12a9f4773d285257547006497d4!OpenDocument turnsRead… Read more »
This post is based on a paper of mine published by the Electronic Democracy Centre (Zurich University) about the experience of the e-Participatory Budgeting of the city of Belo Horizonte. In part 1 of this post I use extracts from a short article by Dan Jellinek (Headstar) and myself that aimed to present a summaryRead… Read more »